Friday, 28 September 2012

توكسين Toxin

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word توكسين
means Toxin (Toxins are poisonous products of organisms) and has greek root (via German) as the word was first used on the basis of the greek word τοξικόν (toxikon) which means something which entails/includes poison or something which is caused from poison.The greek word derives from the word τόξο (toxo) meaning bow and results from the fact that in the Antiquity they put poison on the tips of arrows of the bows. In Turkish is toksin.


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